Archive for December 2008
Clutter Cleaning
Posted by: dateacher on: December 31, 2008
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Not gutter cleaning – clutter cleaning. How do we accumulate so much stuff? And why are we so attached to our stuff?
This is another new year’s resolution I have made often and not kept – really cleaning out my house. I have a friend who said after she and her husband moved from the home [...]
Rethinking the Resolution
Posted by: dateacher on: December 30, 2008
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Third in a series…
In a previous post in this series, I talked about preparing for the new year and how I do not make resolutions because I eventually end up breaking them. Instead, I focus on what went right and try to continue on that path…while trying to change what went wrong. Sometimes this means [...]
All those diet ads…
Posted by: dateacher on: December 29, 2008
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Second in the series….
UGH! It’s only December 29 and I am already SICK & TIRED of all the diet ads that hound us on TV the few days before New Year’s. Slim Fast, Jenny Craig, and Nutrisystem…oh my!
I understand the inability to resist certain foods. Really I do…at one point in my life I tipped [...]
How do you prepare for a new year?
Posted by: dateacher on: December 28, 2008
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Today I am starting a series of blog posts about New Year’s – be prepared for some interesting stuff…
It’s that time again…time to think about new year’s resolutions. Do you make them every year? Do you end up breaking them by Jan 2 or 3? I like to think about a new year as a [...]
The 12 Days of Christmas
Posted by: dateacher on: December 23, 2008
You know the Christmas song – the 12 drummers, 11 pipers, 10 lords, 9 ladies, 8 maids, 7 swans, 6 geese, 5 rings, 4 birds, 3 hens, 2 doves, and the partridge – but do you know what the 12 days of Christmas really are? Those 78 gifts…who has room for all those things?
But did [...]
Merry Christmas
Posted by: dateacher on: December 22, 2008
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That most wonderful time of the year is 3 days away - are you ready?
For this household, the getting ready is fairly easy…put up a few decorations, buy a few gifts (and try to make them useful or meaningful – one or the other because it’s almost impossible to do both), and wait…
Christmas carries a different aura when [...]
Restless, Sleepless, why can’t I sleep
Posted by: dateacher on: December 19, 2008
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I’m frustrated this week…maybe it’s the change in schedule, but I’ve been unable to sleep through the night for the last 4 or 5 nights. Last night I did, but only with help and I hate that, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Since I had to use that “help” last night [...]
Gimme a Break
Posted by: dateacher on: December 14, 2008
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Well, life has slowed a bit for me. Teaching at the community college has ended for the semester so until January 12 I am home daily. This is a wonderful thing for me as I have so much I want to get done…and not just stuff around the house/yard but stuff that has to do [...]
Games People Play
Posted by: dateacher on: December 11, 2008
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I’ve been spending the last several Tuesdays and Wednesdays with my 9-year old goddaughter as she recovers from ankle surgery. Over this time we’ve been bonding over several things from school work to games. During this time she’s had a home-bound teacher come to her house 3 days a week for about 2 hours each [...]
Personal Appearances
Posted by: dateacher on: December 4, 2008
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So you’re a college student. You’ve been given a schedule of classes by the college and then in the classes you have signed up for you have been given a syllabus. In one of your classes, this syllabus contains a modification to the schedule because the size of the class exceeds the size of the [...]
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